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speaker john boehner would end the shutdown and raise the debt limit. the changes are so small, tea party republicans might vote no. requiring lawmakers and obama to bare their health care coverage on the exchanges. democratic leaders met with the president and blasted the gop. >> extremist republicans are attempting to torpedo the senate's bipartisan progress. >> reporter: john mccain warned democrats to tone it down. >> let's stop it. >> reporter: mccain says boehner is brave dealing with the tea party and the debt ceiling. >> the idea of default is wrong. we shouldn't get anywhere close to it. >> reporter: but we're close now. >> our message to the president in congress. defaulting on paying veterans' benefits is not an option. >> reporter: just a day and a half left. if the senate passes a plan to raise the debt ceiling, john boehner would face a big show. would he allow a house vote to pass the plan with democratic support and enrage the tea party? >> thank you. >>> back here in the bay area, an east bay drug raid. a series of drug busts targeting
speaker john boehner would end the shutdown and raise the debt limit. the changes are so small, tea party republicans might vote no. requiring lawmakers and obama to bare their health care coverage on the exchanges. democratic leaders met with the president and blasted the gop. >> extremist republicans are attempting to torpedo the senate's bipartisan progress. >> reporter: john mccain warned democrats to tone it down. >> let's stop it. >> reporter: mccain says boehner...
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john boehner and president obama met for more than an hour this evening. speaker boehner is offering to raise the nation's borrowing limit for six more weeks in president obama will bargain on the budget. the u.s. could default on its payments in the debt ceiling isn't raised by october 17th. boehner's plan would do nothing for the government shutdown. >>> the issue of abortion and health care policy is shaking things up. santa clara university told faculty and staff that it would not longer cover elective abortions. >> reporter: no many members of santa clara's faculty would go on the record. we did speak to one professor today about the decision and how it was handled. on an otherwise quiet day, the campus of santa clara university is broiling with controversy. a letter says the school will no longer cover elective abortions as part of its employee health care plan. saying quote, our core commitments are incompatible with the conclusion of elective abortion coverage with the university's health care plans. >> it was quite a shock. >> reporter: she disagr
john boehner and president obama met for more than an hour this evening. speaker boehner is offering to raise the nation's borrowing limit for six more weeks in president obama will bargain on the budget. the u.s. could default on its payments in the debt ceiling isn't raised by october 17th. boehner's plan would do nothing for the government shutdown. >>> the issue of abortion and health care policy is shaking things up. santa clara university told faculty and staff that it would not...
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. >> a couple dozen house republicans agree, but democrats say speaker boehner will not allow a vote. the debt ceiling deadline is 20ten days away. >>> the nation's oldest full time park ranger is sounding off about the shutdown. we should send her to washington, right, to get this thing resolved? >> reporter: that's exactly what i told her. she's located right behind this huge building. why would a 92-year-old woman be working in the first place? she can answer that question better than i can. >> i feel like i am being given the privilege of helping to shape a national park. who can resist that? >> reporter: she's living her personal dream. at 92, she's the nation's oldest full-time park ranger and she's not happy she's furloughed. >> i have this sense of urgency this is my last decade and i can't afford to have anybody waste my time. that's what they're doing. >> reporter: she's in great shape, but time is not on her side. she gives tours here at the world war ii national park in richmond. she helped build the national park and has been working on a project that honors the women who
. >> a couple dozen house republicans agree, but democrats say speaker boehner will not allow a vote. the debt ceiling deadline is 20ten days away. >>> the nation's oldest full time park ranger is sounding off about the shutdown. we should send her to washington, right, to get this thing resolved? >> reporter: that's exactly what i told her. she's located right behind this huge building. why would a 92-year-old woman be working in the first place? she can answer that...
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the question is if speaker john boehner will allow a vote. many here believe only a short-term deal. the senate is talking about extending the debt ceiling until january, keeping government in operation just through february, only a deal like that could win tea party support. if it does pass, we'll be back to another deadline crisis in just a few months. >>> work will soon begin to dismantle the old eastern span of the bay bridge, but first there will be a special ceremony. the so-call called bay bridge y memorial. >>> we are live at city hall with more. the city is trying to figure out whether to conduct its own independent analysis. >> reporter: it looks like they're going to be getting to agenda item matter around 9:00 tonight. the city wants to use that $250,000 to hire its own legal and engineering experts who are proficient in gas pipeline operations. pg and e has declared the pipeline is safe. city leaders want to hire their own experts to guide them through the plethora of paper work. these experts won't physically inspect the pipelin
the question is if speaker john boehner will allow a vote. many here believe only a short-term deal. the senate is talking about extending the debt ceiling until january, keeping government in operation just through february, only a deal like that could win tea party support. if it does pass, we'll be back to another deadline crisis in just a few months. >>> work will soon begin to dismantle the old eastern span of the bay bridge, but first there will be a special ceremony. the so-call...
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with speaker john boehner now talking one deal to avoid default and reopen government, senate gop lawmakers went to the white house to discuss that with president obama. >> he may not want to call it a negotiation, but that's what i call it. >> reporter: democrats are demanding a long-term deal. and after 11 days of partial government shutdown, 53% of the public blames the gop in congress, prompting a republican reboot. >> there's no sense dwelling on the past. >> reporter: captain keith cull burn was within capitol hill. the deadliest catch cannot head back to alaska until regulators can begin issuing permits. ted cruz urged no deal to reopen government until obama care is killed. >> the house of respepresentati needs to keep doing what they've been doing. >> what he did here is lead a party into a dead-end with no strategy. >> reporter: one republican noted after years of conflict neither side is used to cooperation. we have to relearn how to do it. >>> here's a deeper look at the nbc wall street journal poll showing president obama winning the public relations poll. 31% blame the democra
with speaker john boehner now talking one deal to avoid default and reopen government, senate gop lawmakers went to the white house to discuss that with president obama. >> he may not want to call it a negotiation, but that's what i call it. >> reporter: democrats are demanding a long-term deal. and after 11 days of partial government shutdown, 53% of the public blames the gop in congress, prompting a republican reboot. >> there's no sense dwelling on the past. >>...